So why is it that on a Saturday when I WANT to enjoy a day at the pool is it THE most overcast day of the year?
Tell me then, Whyyyy is it that since its an overcast day can't I sleep in past 7am?
Whyyy is it that when I get up at the crack of dawn do I feel the need to do YARD WORK?
WHYYYYY CAN'T I ENJOY A LEISURE DAY OFF PEOPLE???
WHY CAN'T I SIT STILL FOR ONEEEE MINUTE AND NOTTT FEEL THE NEED TO DO LAUNDRY, CLEAN THE HOUSE, DO YARD WORK, AND WELL... JUST EEEENNJOYYY IT????
UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGgggggggggggggggg...
Husband on the other hand...
Slept in, read a book (yes a WHOLE book), worked out with the guys, smoked a cigar, and watched a movie.
WOMEN? Why aren't we wired to just CHILL?
... oh wait, thats right?!! B/c if WE "chill" NOTHING WILL GET DONE AROUND HERE???
GOOD GRIEF!
Feeling a bit overwhelmed and testy tonight... sorry fellas!
...ahhhhh, that's better!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tweens 101
So lets just say, that there is a little girl who just turned 10.
And then lets say that she has had "the life talk" at school.
Just "imagine" that one day you come home from work, haven't eaten all day, and the tween starts in... You inhale a piece of leftover pizza, while irritably TRYING to listen to a tween that is in crisis about a "mishap" that occurred on the playground.
Lets say that about 20 mins later your stomach starts hurting from said inhaled pizza and tween crisis. You turn to tween holding belly and say, "um, my stomach hurts". To which the tween says, "oh, aren't we near the end of the month".
Me... "Well, technically no - its the 2nd." (completely clueless as to where this is going b/c having a tween is uncharted territory)
Tween... "Ohhhhh, well you knowwwww, crapping in your stomach and irritability towards the end of the month... Humm, don't be "offensive" (not knowing how to correctly use the word) but you MAYYYY be starting your period."
Me... collapsed on floor.
Seriously people? I'm not ready for this...
And then lets say that she has had "the life talk" at school.
Just "imagine" that one day you come home from work, haven't eaten all day, and the tween starts in... You inhale a piece of leftover pizza, while irritably TRYING to listen to a tween that is in crisis about a "mishap" that occurred on the playground.
Lets say that about 20 mins later your stomach starts hurting from said inhaled pizza and tween crisis. You turn to tween holding belly and say, "um, my stomach hurts". To which the tween says, "oh, aren't we near the end of the month".
Me... "Well, technically no - its the 2nd." (completely clueless as to where this is going b/c having a tween is uncharted territory)
Tween... "Ohhhhh, well you knowwwww, crapping in your stomach and irritability towards the end of the month... Humm, don't be "offensive" (not knowing how to correctly use the word) but you MAYYYY be starting your period."
Me... collapsed on floor.
Seriously people? I'm not ready for this...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
where ohhhh where is E*????
Dear Blog,
I'm saddened that I have neglected you in such a horrible manner!
The question is: Where Ohhh WHERE is E*????
Answer: Running around with her head cut off... using a chain saw to cut down trees in the front yard... walking, grooming, feeding, loving a dog... tending to much needed weeding in flower beds... tending to laundry that has taken over the universe... Children that are turning into tweens? (think about this for more than a moment... INSERT PRAYER REQUEST HERE... thank you, moving on)... wedding for youngest sister... support letters for a mission trip to Haiti... the usual - dusting, mopping, scrubbing, and other domestic bliss(!) that requires a womans touch... Sighhhh... and AGAIN, Laundry that has taken over the universe... photography shoots... photography classes... was there mention of a tween living under the same roof???... AGAIN, I say, PRAY people!...
Blah, blah, blah...That is where she has been.
If you love her, please send her a word of encouragement... or twelve! If you have your own laundry (no pun intented) list, and would like to share in her misery... open a bottle of wine and batten down the hatches! After about 1/2 a bottle the laundry and the dog all start to look the same and you remember that in the end, Love is the only thing that matters!!
Life is good, but better with WINE,
E*
I'm saddened that I have neglected you in such a horrible manner!
The question is: Where Ohhh WHERE is E*????
Answer: Running around with her head cut off... using a chain saw to cut down trees in the front yard... walking, grooming, feeding, loving a dog... tending to much needed weeding in flower beds... tending to laundry that has taken over the universe... Children that are turning into tweens? (think about this for more than a moment... INSERT PRAYER REQUEST HERE... thank you, moving on)... wedding for youngest sister... support letters for a mission trip to Haiti... the usual - dusting, mopping, scrubbing, and other domestic bliss(!) that requires a womans touch... Sighhhh... and AGAIN, Laundry that has taken over the universe... photography shoots... photography classes... was there mention of a tween living under the same roof???... AGAIN, I say, PRAY people!...
Blah, blah, blah...That is where she has been.
If you love her, please send her a word of encouragement... or twelve! If you have your own laundry (no pun intented) list, and would like to share in her misery... open a bottle of wine and batten down the hatches! After about 1/2 a bottle the laundry and the dog all start to look the same and you remember that in the end, Love is the only thing that matters!!
Life is good, but better with WINE,
E*
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